Radeon RX 7900 XT
Radeon RX 7900 XT has 20 GB of VRAM at 800 GB/s — about 18.60 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1928 of 2118 indexed models fit at 32K context with q4_0 KV.
What fits at 32K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora-Code-1MoE | IQ4_XS | 34.7B | 17.51 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 136±37% |
| grug-35bMoE | IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.51 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 136±37% |
| WorldSim-Opus-3.6-35B-A3BMoE | IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.51 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-AnkoMoE | IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.51 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 136±37% |
| KAT-Coder-V2.5-DevMoE | IQ4_XS | 34.7B | 17.51 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 136±37% |
| Ornith-1.0-35BMoE | IQ4_XS | 34.7B | 17.51 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 136±37% |
| Nex-N2-miniMoE | IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.51 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 136±37% |
| EXAONE-4.5-33B | IQ4_XS | 34.4B | 16.79 GiB | 0.80 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Nous-Hermes-2-Yi-34B | Q3_K_M | 34.4B | 15.49 GiB | 2.11 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| OrionStar-Yi-34B-Chat-Llama | Q3_K_M | 34.4B | 15.49 GiB | 2.11 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Nous-Capybara-limarpv3-34B | Q3_K_M | 34.4B | 15.49 GiB | 2.11 GiB | 18.59 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Noromaid-v0.4-Mixtral-Instruct-8x7b-ZlossMoE | Q2_K | 46.7B | 16.51 GiB | 1.13 GiB | 18.57 GiB | 0.03 GiB | 46±37% |
| Llama3.2-30B-A3B-II-Dark-Champion-INSTRUCT-Heretic-Abliterated-UncensoredMoE | I1-Q4_0 | 30.0B | 16.00 GiB | 1.65 GiB | 18.56 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 60±37% |
| TildeOpen-30B-Instruct-LV | I1-IQ4_XS | 30.7B | 15.46 GiB | 2.11 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| spoomplesmaxx-v2.1-30B | I1-Q4_0 | 28.9B | 15.29 GiB | 2.25 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Huihui-granite-4.1-30b-abliterated | I1-Q4_0 | 28.9B | 15.29 GiB | 2.25 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| granite-4.1-30b-heretic | I1-Q4_0 | 28.9B | 15.29 GiB | 2.25 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Goetia-26B-A4B-v1.4MoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.0B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4B-hereticMoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.5B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1-hereticMoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.5B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| G4-Moonlight-Dusk-26B-A4BMoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.5B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Chimera-X-26B-A4BMoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.5B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1MoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.5B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTune-V2MoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.5B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B-StyleTuneMoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 26.5B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| gemma-4-26b-a4b-heretic-styletune-v2-headMoE | I1-Q5_K_S | 25.8B | 17.22 GiB | 0.43 GiB | 18.55 GiB | 0.05 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| granite-4.0-h-smallMoE | Q4_0 | 32.2B | 17.51 GiB | 0.14 GiB | 18.54 GiB | 0.06 GiB | 76±37% |
| Delphi-25B-SimpleRL-Math | I1-IQ2_M | 25.0B | 8.13 GiB | 9.41 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Carnice-Qwen3.6-MoE-35B-A3BMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen35B-Agent-R2-AbliteratedMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 34.7B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Reasoning-DistilledMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Darwin-35B-A3B-OpusMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen35B-Agent-R2MoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 34.7B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Carnice-MoE-35B-A3BMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| spoomplesmaxx-flash-35B-A3MoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Huihui-Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-Claude-4.7-Opus-abliteratedMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-Uncensored-AggressiveMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-abliterated-MAXMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Huihui-Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-abliteratedMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwopus3.6-35B-A3B-v1MoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-StyleTuneMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-abliteratedMoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 35.1B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-abliterated-v4MoE | IQ4_XS | 34.7B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| 0GM-1.0-35B-A3B-0427MoE | I1-IQ4_XS | 36.0B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 136±37% |
| Qwen3.6-27B-A3B-CoderMoE | I1-Q5_K_M | 26.7B | 17.44 GiB | 0.18 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 116±37% |
| Phi-3.5-mini-instruct | F32 | 3.8B | 14.24 GiB | 3.38 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Phi-3-mini-128k-instruct | F32 | 3.8B | 14.24 GiB | 3.38 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct | F32 | 3.8B | 14.24 GiB | 3.38 GiB | 18.52 GiB | 0.08 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| InternVL3_5-30B-A3B | Q4_K_L | 30.8B | 17.57 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 18.51 GiB | 0.09 GiB | 28±26.5% |
| Salience-1.5-FlashMoE | Q4_K_S | 31.1B | 16.77 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.51 GiB | 0.09 GiB | 91±37% |
| Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-ThinkingMoE | Q4_K_S | 31.1B | 16.75 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.49 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 91±37% |
| MiroThinker-v1.0-30BMoE | Q4_K_S | 30.5B | 16.75 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.49 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 91±37% |
| Qwen3-30B-A3BMoE | Q4_K_S | 30.5B | 16.75 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.49 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 91±37% |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507MoE | Q4_K_S | 30.5B | 16.75 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.49 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 91±37% |
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507MoE | Q4_K_S | 30.5B | 16.75 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.49 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 91±37% |
| Pantheon-Proto-RP-1.8-30B-A3BMoE | Q4_K_S | 30.5B | 16.75 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.49 GiB | 0.11 GiB | 91±37% |
| granite-4.1-30b | Q4_0 | 28.9B | 15.23 GiB | 2.25 GiB | 18.48 GiB | 0.12 GiB | 29±26.5% |
| Tongyi-DeepResearch-30B-A3BMoE | Q4_K_S | 30.5B | 16.75 GiB | 0.84 GiB | 18.48 GiB | 0.12 GiB | 91±37% |
| Qwen3-48B-A4B-Savant-Commander-Distill-12X-Closed-Open-Heretic-UncensoredMoE | I1-Q3_K_L | 33.6B | 16.30 GiB | 1.27 GiB | 18.47 GiB | 0.13 GiB | 57±37% |
| Nemotron-3-Nano-Omni-30B-A3B-Reasoning-BF16 | UD-IQ3_S | 33.0B | 17.53 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 18.47 GiB | 0.13 GiB | 28±26.5% |
Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.
Measured on this card
| Workload◍ | Median | Middle 50% | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image generation | 11.45 it/s | 7.75–16.22 | 328 |
| Prompt processing | 3219.16 tok/s | 2738.95–3754.68 | 63 |
| Text generation | 101.20 tok/s | 99.80–107.45 | 39 |
Aggregated from community-submitted runs, so the spread is wide by nature — it covers different models, resolutions, step counts and settings, not one controlled configuration. Read the middle 50% rather than the median alone. These figures are reproduced with attribution from vladmandic-sd-data-benchmark, which publishes no licence — so we display and link rather than redistribute them.
Questions people ask
- What AI models can a Radeon RX 7900 XT run?
- 1928 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a Radeon RX 7900 XT at 32,768 context with q4_0 KV cache, the largest being Aurora-Code-1 at IQ4_XS. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
- How much usable memory does a Radeon RX 7900 XT actually have?
- Its nameplate is 20 GB, but about 18.60 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
- Is a Radeon RX 7900 XT fast for local AI?
- Its memory bandwidth is 800 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.